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Conversion Table for Stress Units

It is common for stress or modulus of elasticity to be given in different units than what we are accustomed to in technical mechanics exercises.

The following table helps in verifying the calculated results.

Conversion Table for Stress Units

Tabelle 1: Conversion table for stress units
Pa MPa GPa N/mm2 kN/mm2 N/m2 kN/m2 bar
1 Pa = 10-6 10-9 10-6 10-9 1 10-3 10-5
1 MPa = 106 10-3 1 10-3 106 103 10
1 GPa = 109 103 103 1 109 106 104
1 N/mm2 = 106 1 10-3 10-3 106 103 10
1 N/m2 = 1 10-6 10-9 10-6 10-9 10-3 10-5
1 bar = 105 0,1 10-4 0,1 10-4 105 100

Reading examples:
1 GPa = 1000 MPa = 1000 N/mm2 = 1 kN/mm2 = 109 N/m2 = 106 kN/m2
1 MPa = 1 N/mm2 = 106 N/m2 = 1000 kN/m2
1 Pa = 10-6 N/mm2 = 1 N/m2
1 bar = 105 N/m2 = 0,1 N/mm2